USMC 105420: Amphibious landings

Item Description
Title
USMC 105420: Amphibious landings

Citation information
USMC 105420: Amphibious landings. (AWPS-50; R-1-1; 57-0143.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2167

Marine Corps Library Number
3349-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-50; R-1-1; 57-0143

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105420

Decade
1960

Date
1961-05-19

Description
Footage of different activities from Operation Green Light, with a focus on amphibious landing procedures. Marines construct a floating causeway linking the USS Page County (LST-1076) to the shore. Amphibious vehicles come ashore. Marines load supplies onto vehicle. Footage of APCs traveling across dirt terrain. Marines load vehicles into landing craft, board other landing craft. Aerial views of ships at sea.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Casada

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
400

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
07/12/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
10:09

Digital file type
video/H264